TITLE: The Magician's castle (night)
NAME: Andre Mecteau
COUNTRY: Quebec, Canada
EMAIL: ultramec@videotron.ca
WEBPAGE: None
TOPIC: Magic
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: castle01.jpg
ZIPFILE: castle01.zip
RENDERER USED: 

    Povay 3.02 


TOOLS USED: 

    L-view pro: only for signature and jpeg conversion.


RENDER TIME: 

    55min. 29sec. 


HARDWARE USED: 

    Pentium 133 - 16M RAM  



IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


In the night between 11 and 12 of august, when the sky is perfectly 
clear, we can see falling stars that come from debris of an ancient
exploded comet; a magnificent spectacle for those who love nature,
space and yet, romance. We must be in an dark area, far away from lights
of a city, to see more falling stars per hour. A belief saying that
when we see a falling star, if we make a wish at this moment, it'll
come true... Now, imagine that this fabulous magician's got the ultimate
spot to observe this beautiful phenomenon and at least, how many wishes 
per hour this rich guy can make!   



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


Same file as "castle.inc" with a copy of the declared object "Window"
renamed "Windowz" with the difference in pigment (yellowish), with 
a little ambient finish of 0.6, which gives the impression of light 
inside the castle. Most of them are enlighten, but some are don't to make 
this picture a more realistic result. The falling star was created as a 
cone (in castle01.pov), falling down the Z axis, with a length of 200, 
translated at <0, 250, 270>. I believe that this will express the capture 
of a beautiful, but ephemeral momemt.